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I know that Pope Benedict extended an open hand to all Anglicans who wanted to come back. Doesn’t really do much physically, but when the Pope says “we’d be glad to have you,” that’s something.
I think all the work put into the setup and organisation of the Ordinariate says MUCH more than “we’d be glad to have you”!
I totally agree with you. The Catholic Church is doing a lot to welcome Anglicans and Episcopalians into the Catholic Church.
Whoa! Santa Claus was the Archbishop of Canterbury?!
Well that explains the lump of coal last year.
Yes, I would say the Catholic Church has taken this quite seriously.
Well doesn’t she sound warm and understanding. Of course she told you that there was no dissention. Does she keep up with the news at all? She would not be accepted into the Church as a priest so I would say this is a pretty biased opinion based upon self-preservation.
Yes seems very warm and understanding. She’s actually one of the people I’m giving some consideration to being a possible Christian spiritual advisor. And her small church, not wealthy at all it seems to me financially. They worship in their very modest parish hall. Provide an awesome outreach where the needy can come for food, meals, and clothing several days a wk at no charge. Not like a thrift store shop with a nominal fee. I absolutely love that. She told me she always keeps some donated clothing back in her office because the homeless know they can always come in anytime she is in her office. And I’m sorry I realize I wasn’t clear. The priests I’ve corresponded with have assured me of no dissention in their diocese. She was actually baptized in the Catholic Church and reared in it in her early upbringing but decided to be confirmed Episcopalian at the time of age for Confirmation. Actually another of the Episcopal priests I’ve corresponded with was actually a Catholic priest in the Roman rite but left to become an Episcopal priest. He seems very warm too. Even though he knew my mother was not Episcopalian, when she was homebound in her later yrs, he offered to have Episcopal Communion brought to her. Though I did not take him up on the offer at the time, I’ve always and to this day thought that was extremely nice. I’ve also corresponded with a non Episcopalian but Protestant pastor who too was Catholic. Peace.
Yes. It cut off the excuse I’d been making for some years that the Pope really wanted people like me to work for corporate reunion.
That’s the party line. I’m sure they really believe it, because it’s probably true where they are. More conservative areas have suffered much more than more liberal ones.
Could be the area. Roman Catholics or at least their clergy here appear more conservative overall than I’d been used to previously. But that might just be the growing case with Roman Catholicism in general. Just today it was explained to me the USCCB is much different than even just 8 yrs ago. Maybe though in my area the Episcopalians are less conservative. I also know one of their churches has 4 weekend services ranging from acoustic guitar and piano to traditional rites and a contemporary Christian band. Another has a jazz Sat service and has 2 traditional on Sun and has just recently added another on Sun. Even the very small Episcopal church I referenced with the outreach shows a growing trendline on the spreadsheets the priest has been keeping she told me. .